ROCKFORD — Fresh off her club volleyball team’s ninth place finish in the country at this week’s AAU Jr. Nationals, Boylan’s Bryanna Weiskircher was honored as the Female Athlete of the Year by the Rockford Register Star at Wednesday’s 43rd annual NIC-10 All-Sports Banquet at Giovanni’s.

Weiskircher, who is headed to Penn State on a volleyball scholarship, led Boylan to the NIC-10 title and later to the Belvidere North Class 4A Sectional final this season. She finished with 341 assists, 51 aces, 231 digs and 239 kills this year.

“I never expected this at all,” said Weiskircher, who was named one of the 24 prep players on the American Volleyball Coaches Association Under Armour First-Team All-American squad. “I am thankful for all the support I got this year.”

Freeport’s Ellie Willging and Belvidere North’s Jenna Lutzow were the other female finalists.

Boylan football player and basketball star Brock Stull won the won Male Athlete of the Year honors after he led the NIC-10 in scoring the last two years averaging 18.4 points a game. In football, he caught a school-record 52 passes, which was fourth-most in NIC-10 history.

“Last year, I thought pretty highly of this award,” said Stull, who is headed to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “The team comes first, but it’s really exciting to be recognized for your talents.”

He won the award over the other two finalists in Boylan’s Danny Gorman and Harlem’s Sage Hecox.

Hononegah won the All-Sport Trophy for the seventh time in the past eight years.

Harlem’s Brad Heidenreich was named Girls Coach of the Year after leading the Huskies to both their first ever NIC-10 title and sectional final appearance. East finished second in the NIC-10 baseball standings as E-Rabs coach Jimmy Williams won the Boys Coach of the Year honors. For the past two seasons, the E-Rabs have finished in the top four of the conference, after having placed in the bottom three for 12 straight years.

“It’s really nice to get the award, but it’s a testament to the talent that we have and the hard work that the kids put in,” Williams said. “They put us in an awesome position to succeed and because of that I was lucky to get this.”

This year’s NIC-10 Service Awards went to a pair of retirees: Guilford’s 47-year boys track and field coach Lee Marks and East softball coach Andie Goff-Sherer, who has been an educator and coach for 40 years.